Needle-threader.



Patented July 28, 1903.

PATENT UFFICE.

THOMAS HOLDER, OB EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

NEEDLE-TH READER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,709, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed June 14, 1902.

To M6 w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HOLDER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Edinburgh, Scotland, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Need1e- Threaders,'of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an appliance for threading needles which can be used without sight by the mere feelof the fingers.

I In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show my appliance for threading needles.

It consists of a short bar A, preferably of metal, with a hole B bored a certain depth in its end to receive the'head of a needle 0, and across-hole D in such a position as to be in line with the eye of the needle when it is inserted in the end hole. As most needles have their eyes in very nearly the same position in their heads, the cross-hole D is in.

proper position for almost all ordinary needles, except such as are of extra dimensions. Through the cross-hole passes a wire E, having a hook H at its end, somewhat like that of a crochet-needle, this wire being attached to and projecting from an arm L, which is attached at its upper end to the side of the bar A, but is movably held "away from the bar by a spring F. At the lower end of the bar Ais an A-shaped slit M, one side of which is parallel with the edge of the bar.

This appliance is operated in the following manner: The head of the needle is inserted in the end hole B, and thehooked wire or fin- Serial No. 111,791. (No model.)

machine. In this case the hole to receive the needle is of greater depth and is transverse to the rod and has a lateral slit for the escape of the engaged thread.

What I claim is-- A needle-threader comprising a bar with an A-shaped recess in its lower end, one side of said recess being parallel with one edge of said bar, a transverse aperture through the edge of said bar terminating at the recess, and an aperture in the lower end of the bar for the needle, said aperture terminating at the transverse aperture, in combination with a spring-actuated arm hinged to the upper end of the bar, and provided with a hooked finger which is adapted to pass into the transverse aperture, as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS HOLDER. [L. s.-] Witnesses:

THOMAS OALLANDER, GEORGE COBB. 

